What's the highest-quality of writing on the web?

It's an interesting question because I am not sure that "good writing" can be separated from content subject matter.

George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" is a the standard reading advice in this context [0].

However, in many ways it is outdated, though it still resonates because we all dislike gaseous bloviators. The quality is inseparable;e from the message.

So consider this [1] reply to a commenter yesterday.

Giving the strongest interpretation and assuming the commenter was writing in good faith, s/he experienced what is by all reasonable standards "a good essay" as awful, seemingly because they bitterly disagree with the message.

Therefore, I don't think one can ordinarily experience prose in isolation as "good", even if technically faultless. The message is part of the reading experience.

The contrary also applies. I'll be down-voted to hell for saying it [2] but I personally find Paul Graham (who writes here frequently) as rather anodyne in style. The topics he chooses are interesting however little is ventured in colour.

[0] https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=39737184

[2] which might prove my point that acceptability of message trumps all other qualities in the experience of reading.